MaD (Mommy and Daddy) Scientists at University of California, San Francisco

Our mission is to be a supportive community for postdoc parents at UCSF to provide the opportunity to meet other postdoc parents and share insights on our struggles as well as our successes.

Membership is open to moms and dads of young children or those expecting children. It is also open to any postdocs (non-parents) who are curious about how other postdocs are handling the balance of family/career and issues specific to UCSF and living in the Bay Area. However, the core of the group consists of current/expecting parents to establish a support network and share resources.

We welcome other trainee scientists at UCSF in addition to postdocs (ie. graduate students and junior faculty) to discuss how parenting impacts our developing careers and to support each other.

The regular group meetings are casual gatherings over coffee/lunch during the weekday, once or twice per month (just parents, no kids required). At these meetings, we get to know each other and discuss a variety of postdoc/parenting issues. We also organize other activities such as playgroups, family picnics, and babysitter exchanges.